2nd Earl of Ilchester
Henry Thomas Fox Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester
(see
here
and
here),
born 9th Aug 1747,
"Lord Stavordale" at time of marriage,
mar 1stly, romantic mar 1772
to
Mary Teresa Grady and had issue:
- Elizabeth Fox Strangways,
mar 1796 to William Davenport-Talbot
of Lacock Abbey
(S of Chippenham, Wiltshire),
had issue:
- William Henry Fox Talbot,
the pioneer photographer,
born 1800, Lacock Abbey,
his book,
Pencil of Nature,
1844-6, is the first book to be illustrated entirely with photographs.
- Louisa Emma Fox Strangways,
mar
Henry Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
(see here),
he purchased the Reynolds portrait of
Jane Maltass in 1813,
had issue
(ancestor of Marquess of Lansdowne).
succ as 2nd Earl of Ilchester 1776,
Mary Teresa died 14th June 1790, age 35 yrs,
mar 2ndly 1794 and had issue (ancestor of Earl of Ilchester),
died 5th Sept 1802, age 55 yrs.